Masquerade's Showcase Season is back in full swing this February with the return of our ever popular Valentine's Showcase. This year's theme: Star Crossed Lovers! There's nothing quite so bold, so powerful, so heart wrenching as complicated love. If the tragedy of Romeo & Juliet has shown us anything, there is beauty in loving hard and fast (though things won't end as morbidly in our show!) Featuring music from Alice by Heart, Ordinary Days, Dogfight, and many others, celebrate Valentine's Day and join us at Masquerade Theatre for two evenings of lovely local talent.
Sneaking into the spooky season, our next showcase theme is here to save the day! But perhaps some performers have other schemes to play... On October 19th at 8pm, Masquerade Theatre will host Heroes & Villains: A "Super" Showcase! Witness the protags and antags of the theatre world duke it out for your applause. Will you end up Team #HandsomeHeroes or Team #VileVillans? No matter what team you're on, you're bound to be bombarded by a beloved cast of performers! Join us for two performances full of tricks AND treats featuring pieces from all around the theatre canon!
Performances October 19th at 2pm and 8pm.
As the thrill of summer winds down, what better way to get us all reacquainted with the joy of education than with our next Showcase? "Class of 20XX" is a not-so-educational showcase about life during schooling, showing off all the fun angsty-ness of teenagerdom and young adulthood (don't forget those college years!). Featuring pieces from all generations of education such as "Heathers", "Grease", "Be More Chill", and "Legally Blonde", this showcase is bound to earn an A+!
Performances September 7th at 2pm and 8pm.
The world of theatrical auditioning is brutal. It seems most of the time that the perfect candidate turns out just not quite right. With Goldilocks-esque judgment, the seemingly perfect candidate can be written off for being just a bit too tall, or a bit too short, a bit too big, a bit too thin, a little too old, and not quite old enough. Our next showcase celebrates those Not Quite Just RIght.
Performance August 10th at 2pm and 8pm.
A Classical Cabaret showcasing soaring arias, crisp vocals, and transfixing beauty on a trip through the Golden Age of Broadway and Opera scene.
Performance July 20th at 2pm and 8pm.
A queer coming-of-age solo fairytale
SUGARCOATED is an autobiographical late (late) coming-of-age story about me, Jen: a romantic daydreamer who absolutely should have known she was queer by the time she was 8 years old. Through stories both mortifying and hilarious, Jen takes the audience through it all!
Masquerade Small Programs returns for the 2024 season with our annual Valentine's Day Showcase, but this time we're switching up our object of affections! So much time is spent with that SO, this year we're shouting out our best buddies! Featuring "Friendship" of Anything Goes, "Travel Song" of Shrek the Musical, the natural budding friendship anthem "For Good" of Wicked, and many more, the evening is bound to be one for the books!
Performance February 17th, 2024 at 8pm.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
Every year, the Mayor of Banesboro presents one individual with the prestigious "Citizen of the Year" award. This year's winner, Duke Bright, reflects his last name: a volunteer, a dedicated father, a man of the community. But when secrets of the past creep up to haunt, a truth comes to bite back, and a wounded soul threatens the reputation of not only Duke, but those who support him, Banesboro's Mayor, Frank Scandlebourne, will stop at nothing to keep things quiet and maintain the status quo.
Presented at Masquerade Theatre Studios October 13.
In January of this year, one of our Light's Up students, Christian DeCola, was in a bad car accident while in Hawaii for school. After intense treatment at a local hospital, he was thankfully able to return home to New Jersey to continue treatment.
A portion of the proceeds from this performance will be donated to the DeCola family to assist with medical expenses.
Presented at Masquerade Theatre Studios on August 12th.
Follies Fathers hosts an exciting cast of performers old and new ready to dazzle and inspire with their dedication to fatherhood. Whether taking the stage as a father themselves to one up their children or joining the cast to share their love for their own dad, these stellar performers will fill our black box with pieces from Falsettos, The Full Monty, Spring Awakening, Fun Home, and more!
Performance June 17th, 2023 at 8pm.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
Mothers of Musical Theatre hosts an exciting new cast of performers ready to dazzle and inspire with their dedication to motherhood. Whether taking the stage as a mother themselves to one-up their children or joining the cast to share their love for their own mom, these stellar performers will fill our black box with pieces from Big Fish, Waitress, Dear Evan Hansen, Secret Garden, and more!
Performance May 19th, 2023 at 8pm.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
Come out in protest of the Hallmark Holiday and party with the Masquerade Team!
Performance February 11th, 2023.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
Lovers, this next song is for you! To celebrate Valentine's Day AND a full year in our studio space, Masquerade Theatre is once again hosting our Valentine's Showcase!
Performance February 10th 2023.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
Let's shake it up for a moment, shall we? The boys are breaking out their falsettos, the ladies are trying bass on for size, and your ENBY MC (that's me, CB) is just trying to keep track of the miscast madness!
Performance September 30th 2022.
A Night of Spoken Word celebrates an important art form – poetry. April is National Poetry Month, and contemporary poets create pieces that reflect our current time as a society and as individuals. Join us as multiple contemporary poets share their poems and experience this impactful art form through a Night of Spoken Word.
Performances will be in-person and simultaneously stream live on YouTube on April 23rd at 8pm (EST).
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
PJ's Playbook is part of our New Works Series. This dramedy explores the dynamics among husbands and wives, parents and children, and friends and frenemies over the course of an evening.
Performances March 25-27th 2022.
Shakespearean sonnets, and romance filled scenes in our brand new studio space!
Performance February 12th 2022.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
One Fifty Four is a collaborative, devised piece of theater that will explore human relationships and conflicts using Shakespeare’s sonnets through multi-disciplinary approaches.
Performances will stream July 16-17 2021.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
A Night of Spoken Word celebrates an important art form – poetry. April is National Poetry Month, and contemporary poets create pieces that reflect our current time as a society and as individuals. Join us as multiple contemporary poets share their poems and experience this impactful art form through a Night of Spoken Word.
Performances will stream April 23-24 2021.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
Nescience is an original, new work compilation of stories that have the central idea of the world-wide undesirable phenomenon of stereotyping written and directed by Beatrice Alonna
Performances will stream February 5-7 2021.
Masquerade Theatre is dedicated to exploring the humanity beneath our masques by using theatre to enlighten, to celebrate our diversity as a vital part of our human experience and to inspire us to think, react and learn. New works by contemporary artists are essential to engaging audiences in a shared dialogue reflective of our own time. Masquerade’s New Works Series is committed to providing a platform for contemporary artists to present new and thought-provoking pieces that help us explore and understand our humanity.
